After the heartwarming reunion with her living daughter, Azel has a tough decision to make. Whether she should spare Sonic's life and turn against the LOS or still destroy him regardless of her reunion. Not to mention how things are going during the dog fight between the Dragon Clan and the Legion of Subspace. All will be resolved once you read this next exciting chapter of Sonic Sega All Stars: Subspace Unleashed.

After the dreary reunion, Azel and Orta separated from each other slowly and returned to their respective dragons before landing. Tails decided to lower the Tornado as well since this is the time to ask her a few questions like everyone else. NiGHTS lowered himself next to the dragon riders with his arms crossed as if he were expecting something. Sonic and the others also decided to surround her as well since they were thinking the same thing as Tails and NiGHTS. Atolm growls since he noticed this, but Azel ordered him to calm down so that she could explain herself.

"First things, first! Why did you attack us back there and why are you associating yourself with someone as low as the Legion of Subspace?" demanded the blue hedgehog.

"According to Eggman, you were the one who was responsible for the death of my husband, Edge," she said softly.

"Mother, is this Eggman the one who's responsible for bringing you back from the dead?" Orta asked.

Azel shook her head silently to let her concerned daughter know that he isn't the one responsible. But that still didn't make Orta even less curious or concerned for her in this situation.

"That's a lie! Sonic would never do such a thing!" NiGHTS shouted.

"Easy there, NiGHTS! Now lass, tell us everything about what he had told you," said Gilius.

Azel looked down at the ground with a guilty look and sighed. Then, she looked back at Sonic and the gang to talk all about her "revived past".

"It all started back at the canyon where I had died, when someone actually wasted their time reviving me," she said.

A new flashback begins where Azel slowly had opened her eyes and notice three figures standing above her. One was a red demon overlord, another was a bald purple magician, and the third figure was a blue skinned sorceress; all of them watched with look of glee. The black and white woman stood and looked around to notice how the canyon had changed since her death. She eventually looked at her hands and legs to double check if she's really alive. She looked in another direction to notice a large purple opening in front of the group for them to enter. Azel didn't want to leave since she had a few questions in her that she'd like to get out her chest.

"Who are you? Why am I alive? Where am I going!" she asked desperately.

Mishaela couldn't help but to laugh at the situation briefly and inform her new pet of what to do.

"All will be answered if you follow us into the portal. We'll explain everything about the plan and what we want you to do for us," she responded with an evil grin.

With that being said, she casts a specially teleportation spell to warp all four of them into the portal, which in turn sent them to the outskirts of Eggman's base. Azel looked around the area to see plenty of strange people around her. Half of them included other villains that were revived like Selvaria Bles, Ramirez, and Father Balder. Azel observed them with a serious look and wondered what they could be here for as well.

"Excuse me, were you guys "revived" as well?" she asked.

Selvaria looked away from her with scorn since she didn't want to answer while Father Balder giggled upon hearing that answer. At least Ramirez was nice enough to give her the answer she desired.

"Mishaela revived us for the sake of doing a mission that could involve not only crushing our enemies from the past, but ruling the entire world in the process. I guess you must have someone from the past to finish," he said.

"I never really had any enemies form the past, I was raising a family with my husband and Altom…"

Mishaela couldn't help but to interrupt the conversation by ordering them to board the ship with the others.

"I would like the two of you to follow and then you can continue your little conversation from there," she said slyly.

Ramirez looked away from Azel and sighed before heading to the ship with the rest of his new group. She hesitated, but did what she was told only for the sake of knowing why she was even revived. They walked up the ramp of the massive ship and followed the trails of soldiers, who would eventually help them on their next major invasion. Most of these soldiers where people and creatures that Azel isn't familiar with and still wondered what is she "summoned for". Mishaela knew that this is the type to explain everything to her and turned to the black haired woman with a smug grin and cackled a little.

"Welcome to the Legion of Subspace, Azel. You were revived by me like a few others to serve not only me, but also the rest of us in order to achieve our goals of global domination. You should help us since we know who's responsible for killing your beloved husband. And yes, he was murdered as opposed to dying of natural reasons like you," she said.

Azel stopped and widen her eyes since she didn't want to believe what she just heard from the blue skinned sorceress's mouth.

"No, no, no! I know my beloved Edge could have died naturally like I did, even though I died before him," she responded in denial.

Mishaela broke into even more hysterical laughter than even made Ramirez sick and Selvaria feel utterly annoyed. She eventually kept her cool since she wanted to toy with her emotions at the moment.

"Why that isn't what you'd say to someone who wasted their time to revive you. One false move and I'll undo the spell and you be reverted back to the rotting corpse that you used to be and you'll never breathe air again! But, since you are a valuable member that we need, I'll have Eggman show you some visual proof of who killed your husband," she said.

She took out a transmitter and activated it to reveal Eggman's observing face as he awaited a good explanation.

"Oh, Eggy! Can you show our special dragon rider what happened to Edge in the past?" she asked in a sarcastic manner.

"Ohohohohohoho! Why sure Mishaela since our guest do demand to see some proof so that she can agree with our terms afterwards," he said.

With that, he pressed a special button to show a screenshot of a blue creature standing above what appears to be Edge's corpse. Mishaela decided to hold it in her black haired friend's face so that she could see the truth for herself. Azel had seen it with her own two eyes and started to tear up a little. At first she didn't want to believe it, but her feelings were full of sorrow and she started crying immediately. Just the image of her husband being killed by an unfamiliar creature was bad enough for her to endure and this also fueled her with rage.

This rage is the same rage she had back when she was a rampaging humanoid weapon who piloted the biggest and baddest dragon in her country. She clenched her fists tightly and shouted at the top of her lungs before punching the ground. This causes the hallway to shake a little and started the entire villains group except Mishaela due to the impact of the force. Mishaela couldn't help but to laugh since this is the type of power that she's expecting and she took the bait more easily than expected.

"It can't be! It must be some form of trick! He can't be killed off by someone so cruel like this!" she shouted while continuously punching the ground with teary eyes.

Selvaria and Ramirez were losing their balance during the shade down while the rest of the group was already grounded due to the severe force. Greedy was unaffected since he levitates at all times, which is a good thing for him. Azel finally gave up and dropped to the ground even further to let out every ounce of sorrow she had in her body. The blue sorceress cackles as she walked to the depressed ancient weapon with some words of advice that she wanted to spout.

"We do know who killed him and your part of the mission is to eliminate him for us at all costs. This is all you have to do if you ever want to avenge your precious husband again. But if you were to betray me, you know what would happen. So it's up to you, dear Azel. Would you join us and kill Sonic the Hedgehog or accept your fate as a destroyed ancient bioweapon?" Mishaela explained.

Upon these words, Azel broke into complete silence and calmed down to the point of looking emotionless. The rest of her group surrounded her to see what else she had to say and hoped that she would agree with Mishaela's terms. Then, she looked back up with a cold look like the one she had sported during her struggles with Edge in the past, filled with rage and determined for destruction.

"I will agree with your requests and kill Sonic for the sake of my dead husband!" she said in her cold tone.

After these words Mishaela smirked and gave off her famous cackle again as the others decided to lead her to the briefing room of the ship.

"Remember to get use to one another before your first mission, fellow members. Especially you, dear Azel! Don't worry, I'll find your precious dragon and revive him since we want you fully armed!" she shouts.

Azel followed her destined group down the dark hall with her cold expression and heard an unearthly noise. She stopped at first to wonder what it was and eventually continued walking since killing Sonic was the only thing in her mind at the moment. That noise was a good sign that Mishaela teleported out of the scene to retrieve Atolm for Azel as promised and reunite with her group on another ship.

"After that, I was back to my arrogant and bloodthirsty self from the past when I fought Edge in the past. Despite this, seeing my beloved daughter healthy and strong is what matters the most at the moment. Now, I can see that you are completely innocent Sonic the Hedgehog since you'd attack me immediately if you were the one. Now I know that the Legion of Subspace is the real enemy and those damned fools had almost tricked me into killing an innocent life," she said in a tone of regret.

"I see, Eggman is that desperate to have me killed by someone else instead of doing it himself," Sonic said while crossing his arms in disbelief.

Tails shook his head in agreement while NiGHTS felt the need to do the same thing.

"Now that the issue is settled, what are you planning on doing, lass," said the green dwarf.

"Yeah, mother. Do you plan on turning against these subspace miscreants?" said Orta.

Before she could answer, her transmitter rings and everyone jumped since they knew what was about to start. Azel obediently activated it and notices a serious Selvaria looking back at her. You can tell that she doesn't look very pleased since she's already glowing with that ominous blue aura thanks to her Valkyrian blood.

"I've been using this power to watch everything that happened so far and I'm very disappointed in your decision, Azel. You know the consequences for turning against us, right?" she said in her stern tone of voice.

Azel glared back at her since this is the time for her to stand up against the ones who had manipulated her after the revival.

"Do not need to listen to the likes of you or the pale skinned witch again after what I'd realized that you lied to me! Sonic is innocent and I can tell that one of you or even Eggman was really responsible for Edge's demise!" she barked.

Selvaria tried her best to calm down while around her beloved Ramirez, but she was already fueled with enough rage to explode. Her red eyes glow an even bright red to show how serious she was about this argument with a treacherous member.

"Do you know who you are dealing with? I am an even more destructive weapon than you and you dare think you can get away with challenging me! On top of that, you are willing to risk your own life and freedom for the likes of a lowlife rodent like him! I knew she'd made the wrong choice for reviving such an inferior soldier like you," said Selvaria in her angry tone.

This time, her face grew even more intimidating after such an argument against Azel since she is an experienced general after all. Azel honestly didn't care for her little response and took it as a grain of salt since she's on Sonic's side for now. Her face grew from angry to slightly sarcastic since she's pissing off Selvaria like a good girl.

"I am no longer associating myself with the likes of the Lowlives of Subspace anymore now that I've had a change of heart. So you and the rest of your little ants follow your worthless leader, like the sheep you are. Tell Mishaela that I'm on Sonic's side for now and if she wants to kill me, she should fight me by herself. One more thing, you are a stuck up bitch!" she said in confidence.

After that, she crushed the transmitter completely after witnessing Selvaria's shocked face. Orta smiled for her mother's brave act and clapped to show her gratitude. Sonic gave her a thumbs up as the rest of the group cheered for her in order to thank her for standing up for herself and siding with him. Price Ali and Gilius crossed their respective weapons as a warrior's way to celebrate their victory with cheerful expressions. Amigo happily played the song "Samba De Amigo" to liven up the victory while Aiai jumped cheerfully inside of his massive ball.

NiGHTS flew into the air to perform a few acrobatic tricks while trailing sparkles to express how happy he is for Azel's response. During the midst of the celebration, Azel couldn't help but to smile that she's staying good like her husband told her in the past and wished that he is able to see such an event. She started laughing and crying at the same time to show how happy she is that she's free from her villainous position for good.

Back on the battlefield, things weren't going so well since Selvaria was still shocked from what Azel said to her. At a time like this, Ramirez wished to comfort her and tried to touch her back. Then, he hesitates the moment that the blue aura emitted from her body in large quantities to emphasize her overall rage. This was a good time for everyone to escape her wrath or else things would get nasty.

"Everyone, get back! She's going to unleash her Valkyrian power!" he shouted as her ran from her.

The rest of the generals agreed and followed him as well while she glared directly at them the whole time. Selvaria focuses her attention on the raging army and holds her Valkyrian spear into the air while glowing. She yells at the top of her lungs to transfer most of the blue flames into her weapon and swung it at tremendous force to emit a massive blue shockwave. Most of the Legion of Subspace soldiers escaped during the process since someone must have warned them about Selvaria's rage induced attack.

This led the opposing soldiers and dragon warriors to be wiped out easily by the devastation attack, being engulfed in a massive blast that gets the captain of the white ship's attention from above. He bows his head down in disbelief as the rest of the commanders in the room scanned the entire Legion of Subspace for more information. He eventually opened his eyes and notices that every single one of his men on the lower field was dead or severely injured from the attack, leaving him unimpressed and angry.

"Captain Genos, what are you next set of orders?" said a worried commander.

"We should strike the black ship that ahead of us on our own since that damn Azel wiped our most of our dragon riders. As for that blue witch, we'll deal with her later after sinking the ship ahead of us," he replied.

With that, the commander gave the orders to the other soldiers in the ship via transmitters to let them know what to do. They all started to crank the wheels and enter specific passwords on the computer. This caused something interesting to happen to their ship.

The white ship beamed a loud, mechanical voice that got the attention of the entire Legion of Subspace army and Sonic's group across the area. Both sides of the ship opened to reveal massive white wings that looked like that of a dragon. The underside of the ship formed the lower legs that resembled that of a reptilian predator. The back of the ship transformed into a long white tail that resembles that of Orta's dragon. Lastly, the front of the ship became that of a common Blue Dragon with the control room being visible in the "eyes" of the terrifying head.

During the transformation, most of the Legion of Subspace members were gazing in shock and awe at the same time with the exceptions of a select few. This is the first time that a non-Legion of Subspace member used the power of a Chaos Emerald to its fullest potential when using it as a battery for technology. Captain Genos is really serious about keeping that emerald from anybody at all costs, even if it meant using that emerald's power against them.

"Men, fall back! Head to the nearest hiding spot possible!" Ramirez shouted as their fearful army retreated as ordered.

Ramirez looked back at them to make sure they ran as far from the battlefield as possible since they didn't want to lose all of their men to this fight. Kaiser Greedy looked up at the ship to make sure that everything was alright, glaring at it with his serious, yellow eyes. He looked back at the other generals before asking for the next move.

"Should we activate our shields and best weapons on the ship?" he asked.

"We have no other choice. It must happen if we are going to win this fight," Selvaria said while activating her transmitter.

The image of an orange multi-armed god with a pink cap appeared, and it appears that he's pressing as much buttons as possible while watching the opposing ship. Selvaria turned away from the screen with serious look to let them know that Ashra is already way ahead of him.

"He's already doing his job as expected, a rather quick learner for a god. Operation Valkyrie is about to commence and we will win this battle sooner than you'd expect," she said before everyone looked at their ship for further results.

Now that Captain Genos and his crew transformed the ship with the help of the Chaos Emerald, it seems that the Legion of Subspace has their own trump card to strike back. Will Sonic and the others watch them fight or some of them will have to infiltrate the ship during battle? We shall find out in the next chapter. Don't forget to rate and review, fans. It's good to be back on schedule. :)